HMAS ML 827 explained

HMAS ML 827 was a Fairmile B Motor Launch of the Royal Australian Navy.^[1]

Fate

Commanded by Lieutenant Ian Fairley Graham Downs, OBE; While on patrol ML 827 went aground in Jacquinot Bay, New Britain on 17 November 1944. She capsized and sank while under tow on 20 November 1944 off Cape Kawai, New Britain.

Further reading

• Evans, Peter (2002) Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Vol 1.
• Evans, Peter (2002) Fairmile Ships of the Royal Australian Navy. Vol 2.
• Stevens, D (2005) The Royal Australian Navy in World War II. (2nd edition)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australian Fairmile Bs . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720173736/http://www.warshipsww2.eu/lode.php?language=E&period=&idtrida=1455 . 2011-07-20 .